It shall be the policy of the Narragansett School System to allow
school administration to inspect school properties to maintain a healthy and
safe environment.† Lockers, though
assigned to pupils, are school property and may be reasonably inspected.† The right to inspection of studentsí lockers
is inherent in the authority granted the School Committee and administrators
and should be exercised so as to assure parents that the school, in pursuing its
in loco parentis relationship with their children, will employ every
safeguard to protect the well being of those children.

Inspections for the location of drugs, narcotics, liquor,
weapons, poisons, or missing properties are matters relating to health and
safety and may be regarded as reasonable purposes for inspection by school
personnel.

It is recommended that, insofar as possible, the pupil to
whom the locker is assigned be present for the inspection.† It is recommended that at least two members
of the staff conduct inspections together, particularly when the pupil is not
present.

Adopted:††††††††††††††††††††† August
27, 1975

Revised:†††††††††††††††††††††† September
19, 1990

Amended --

††††††††††† 1st
Reading:††††† May 18, 1994

††††††††††† 2nd
Reading:††† June 29, 1994

Revised:

††††††††††† 1st
Reading:† March 21, 2007†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Narragansett
School System